Screenwriter for The Wire and ER dies after aneurysm

DAVID MILLS, an Emmy Award-winning television writer who contributed to dramas The Wire and ER, has died at age 48 after apparently suffering a brain aneurysm, HBO said.

Mills fell ill on Tuesday night in New Orleans on the set of upcoming HBO drama Treme, people involved in the show said.

He lost consciousness and died at a hospital, and doctors said it appeared he had a brain aneurysm, according to the statement.